97 Grand Marquis GS: Project "Beater"

[SuperBuickGuy]

your car reminds me of the Cadillac song by Johnny Cash

[Mater]

LOL no that's the '97 Grand Prix GT lol

only thing that is not original to the merc is the engine

[SuperBuickGuy]

LOL no that's the '97 Grand Prix GT lol

only thing that is not original to the merc is the engine

So far

[Mater]

with 200k on the car i would be more shocked if i don't have too

[Mater]

i wait for parts

[SuperBuickGuy]

I know that story.... it's why I'm only taking the buick to the swap meet and not the corvette (that and I should really tell my wife and friends to pound sand when they need my help - not )

[Mater]

actualy more acuritly i wait for money so i can buy parts that i can wait for lol

[Mater]

parts ordered should be here by the end of nest week to the end of the month

[Mater]

fastest shipping ever. also just used the free ground shipping option from summit




that is the ford racing PI intake, and summit underdrive set with s SFI rated balancer

also got the intake gaskets

[milner351]

Nice.

Summit's delivery times are amazingly quick.

[Mater]

and there prices on there house brand parts are nice as well. the balancer seems to be nice peice

now just need my ebay throttle body and plenum spacer to get here

[Mater]

throttle body came in.

[Mater]

3hrs to remove the factory metla heater tube. it is a horrible job mainly do to clearance.

i am using a rubber hose. i am not spending $60 on a chincy peice of metal

[Mater]

slight set back. the hose i have is not stiff enough and kept colapsing when i tryed to bend it at a 90* soooo i then had to get creative. i have now foudn a use for a 1978 dodge colt with a mitsubishi 2.6L 4cyl (scary i know)

it's outlet heater hose is premolded in this shape and fits perfectly around the intake witha hose splice i can connetc the other rubber hose and every thing wll still be accessable with out removing the intake incase of future leaks



all in all this will only cost me $16 totals versus the $100 i would of had to spend on the metal hose and water pump outlet

[Mater]

progress

here is that heater hose form the doge colt vista



and it looks like an engine





but i doo have a few issues the mustang and CV/MGM is a bit more diffrent then i thought and the new plenum is missing a vacume port of the the PCV system. also it's break booster port is MUCH larger then that on the merc



going to need a vacuum T for there



and find a way to hook up the break booster and EVAP


other then that the cruise controll cable is sticking cuasing the TB to hang WOT so it's off i need to trim it a bit as the opening seems to small for the stud